[clinton]

Hi guys

Just asking how long does it take you to clean a carpet/suite

lets say from geting to your clients door and setting up and cleaning to when you leave?

ie a 10x15 carpet


ie a 3 pce suite 10 cushion fabric

[Steve Chapman]

did a 12 x14 carpet today 40 mins

3 p suite 1 1/2  to 2 hours max

regards
steve

[kinder clean]

I guess experience will come in to this Clinton, I take closer to 3 - 3 1/2 hours for a suite and about an hour for the carpet

Paul

[homecare]

1 hour to do carpet,2.5  hours to do the suite.hope this helps.mike

[Jim_77]

10x15 carpet:

(10 mins) Knock on door, talk rubbish, fuss the dog, chat about the weather, decide on tea or coffee.
(10 mins) Unload machine, fill with water, chat a bit more at kitchen sink, top up sprayer if necessary
(5 mins) Finish coffee/tea, maybe sit down and have a smoke
(5 mins) Prepare the room, put big furniture on sliders
(40-60 mins) Clean the carpet & pack up
(5 mins) Chat with customer, close job off with advice etc, ask permission to deliver neighbour nudgers
(5 mins) deliver neighbour nudgers

Suites generally take me 3 - 4 hours, depending on condition, including the same chatting/tea drinking & neighbour nudgers.



At the last count, 55% of my work is repeats, 25% is referrals

[gwrightson]

Jim ,
Are you serious ? a hour and a half to clean  a small room !!!

Cleaned one today,

Hello , 1 min.

vac room 5 mins

pre spray , aggitate  10 mins

reel the line and vac hose out whilst the prespray is dwelling , have a slurp of coffee ,
turn on machine       5 mins

H/W/E carpet    , post spot a couple of marks , extract     15 mins max

reel in hoses , pack away ccollect payment  5 mins   

total time   40 mins approx  , and that including a chat to custy after pushing her a couple of cards.

geoff

[Jim_77]

What ticket price?

[gwrightson]

Jim,

£55 .. 


wants me to go back to done h/s/l 
Geoff

[Mike Osbourne]

LOL

When I started, what Jim describes is as if he had been spying on me.

Some days I check my watch and due to chatting with custy etc it can be 20minutes before the wand gets moving.
It's amazing how much I can find out about people by just nodding and smiling and pitching in with cross selling and upselling stories and how I get most of my Clients through referrals nudge nudge 

So taking time to chat can be a good investment in time (with the right people)

[derek west]

knock on door with hoover and presprayer in hand17 seconds
most of furniture is out the way as i insist on this to keep the price down.
chock up big furniture on sliders, hoover, run out side fire up tracy back in prespray. 10 mins
refuse a cupof tea, 3 seconds
back out side, run pipes in conect and clean 15 mins.
bring in down drafter switch on 4 mins
get terry towels and spotters, treat stains and edge the skirting 10 mins.
chuck everything in the van and replace furniture 8 mins.
get monet and chat 40 seconds.

get home and realise ive left my sliders and a bucket. 40 mins
total 1 hr 28min.
ticket price £50
i can live with that.
derek

[Mike Osbourne]

Charge £6o and av a cuppa.  :

[gwrightson]

Most of my chatting comes whilst I am there doing the survey,

Geoff

[Phillip Mold]

Always have a cuppa and a little chat!

[Shaun_Ashmore]

I used to say that it depends on how dirty it is but with a TM it doesn't matter that much because 1 pass with the wand is like 3 with a porti, I think the question I would ask is how much do you charge? if £100 well 1hr30min, £195 and I'd give it 3 hours for that I would have it cleaned and dry ready to sit on.

Shaun

[Mike Osbourne]

Shaun

Do you not save any more time with your new TM?

[Shaun_Ashmore]

I'm just getting old, but how quick can you earn £195?

Shaun

[COLIN BRIGHT]

20 minutes on a slow day!